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Harm Reduction: Principles and Interventions

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2 CE Hours
Free

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Description

Participants will be able to define harm reduction and its principles. They will learn about evidence based harm reduction interventions, examine how to build agency policies and procedures around harm reduction principle and define recovery through the lens of harm reduction and examine how agencies can implement harm reduction.

Target Audience
  • Peer Support Specialist
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is teach participants about the principles of harm reduction, its evidence based interventions, dispel myths concerning harm reduction, and learn how to build agency policies around harm reduction principles.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain at least 3 principles and objectives of harm reduction practices.

  • Explain 2-3 myths of harm reduction.

  • Provide at least 2 examples of evidence-based harm reduction practices.

  • Describe how to build agency policies and procedures around harm reduction principles.

  • Explain recovery through the lens of harm reduction and examine how agencies can implement harm reduction.

References
  • AIDS Vu (2018). "Local Data: Texas ". Retrieved January 20, 2019, 2019, from https://aidsvu.org/state/texas/

  • amfAR (2018). "Texas Opioid Epidemic." Opioid & Health Indicators Database. Retrieved January 20, 2019, 2019, from http://opioid.amfar.org/TX.

  • Avert (2017). "Needle and Syringe Programmes (NSPS) for HIV Prevention ". Retrieved January 20, 2019, from https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-programming/prevention/needle-syringe-programmes#footnote1_un8nkpn.

  • Clasin, Giles. “Harm Reduction Centers Address a Different Model of Drug Use.” 2020. https://www.denvervoice.org/archive/2020/10/30/harm-reduction-centers-address-a-different-model-of-drug-use

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018). "Syringe Services Programs." Retrieved January 20, 2019, 2019, from https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/risk/ssps.html.

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018). ”Viral Hepatitis." Retrieved January 20, 2019, 2019, from https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hcv/cfaq.htm

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015). ”Today’s Heroin Epidemic." Retrieved January 20, 2019, 2019, from https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/heroin/index.html

  • Drug Policy Alliance (2018). “Harm Reduction.” Retrieved January 24, 2019, from https://www.drugpolicy.org/issues/harm-reduction

  • NIDA. (2018, May 29). Viral Hepatitis—A Very Real Consequence of Substance Use. Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/viral-hepatitis-very-real-consequence-substance-use on 2019, January 28

  • Nguyen, T. Q., Weir, B. W., Des Jarlais, D. C., Pinkerton, S. D., & Holtgrave, D. R. (2014). Syringe exchange in the United States: a national level economic evaluation of hypothetical increases in investment. AIDS and behavior, 18(11), 2144-2155.

Introductory
Peer Support Specialist

This workshop is approved for 2 hours of annual required continuing education credits by the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Behavioral Health for LA Recognized Peer Support Specialists.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Behavioral Health. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Jamie Bailey, M.S, LCDC, RSPS, PRSS, PRS

Jamie Bailey is a person in long term recovery. She is a certified peer recovery support specialist, certified peer support supervisor and trainer of other peer support specialists. She holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, a master’s degree in mental health counseling and is a licensed chemical dependency counselor. She is a yoga teacher (RYT200).

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